Attempted homicide charge withdrawn against Peaches

others waived to court

Annesha Campbell, also known as Peaches, has had attemtped homicide charges… (HARRY FISHER, THE MORNING…)

September 06, 2011|By Manuel Gamiz Jr., Of The Morning Call

The masseuse known as Peaches will not face an attempted homicide charge for allegedly shooting one of her customers in the head in during a massage in November, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Annesha P. Campbell, 19, still faces other felony counts after waiving aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated assault and criminal conspiracy charges into Lehigh County Court during her preliminary hearing Tuesday morning.

A charge of attempted homicide was withdrawn by First Assistant District Attorney Steven Luksa during the hearing. He did not give details on why the most serious charge against Campbell for the alleged shooting was withdrawn. She will next appear in court on Oct. 18.

Campbell had been on the run for more than eight months, but inexplicably appeared in Northampton County Court last month to handle an unrelated matter. Someone in the courtroom recognized her, pointed her out to deputy sheriffs who discovered she was wanted for attempted homicide.

Allentown police said Campbell and Sunshine A. Daubert of Bethlehem arranged a $60 massage with Owen Wilson of Allentown on Nov. 20 in his apartment in the 400 block of Walnut Street.

While Wilson was being massaged by both women, Campbell went to the bathroom where a gun discharged, authorities said.

Wilson tried to get up, but Daubert pushed him back down and told him not to worry about it, prosecutors said. Campbell then came out and shot Wilson in the back of the head, authorities said.

Wilson blacked out for a few moments, then struggled with the women as he tried to call police.

According to authorities, the gun Wilson was shot with was filled with .22-caliber snake shot pellets, which are used mostly to kill small animals. The gun, a bag and Daubert's identification card were left behind when the women fled Wilson's apartment.

Daubert was arrested hours after the shooting in Bethlehem after neighbors called about a loud party she was hosting.

Daubert admitted to detectives that she was in the Allentown apartment and admitted hitting Wilson twice after a woman she identified as Peaches shot him in the head, according to court documents.

Daubert was sentenced in May to one to two years in jail after pleading no contest to criminal conspiracy to commit aggravated assault. As part of her deal with authorities, she agreed to testify against Campbell.

Prosecutors said Wilson insisted he paid for just a massage and nothing sexual.